Mother fears for her son's education

MOTHER Sue Massey has criticised the education authority for failing to place her suspended son Shane in another school.

The 42-year-old was expecting Shane, 13, to start at Wendover House School, in Aylesbury, last month, after he was suspended from Hatters Lane School, in High Wycombe, in April.

The mother-of-three claims she has now been told Shane will have to wait for building work to be completed at the special school before he can start.

Mrs Massey, of Lingfield Close, Micklefield, High Wycombe, said: 'It took me three years to get Shane a place at that school and now they say he can't go because of building problems.

'I phone three to four times a week to find out what is happening, but the education department keeps fobbing me off with excuses.

'They keep saying they are waiting for the building work to finish. While they are doing this, my son is not getting any education.'

Mrs Massey said Shane has not received any full-time education since April. She fears he is more than a year behind his age group and will have to drop back a year when he starts school.

Mrs Massey, whose other son Daniel Hodgkins,16, also attends Wendover House, took her son out of Hatters Lane School after he kept being suspended for fighting. She thought he would be better suited to a special school because he was behind in maths and had trouble spelling.

She added: 'He is really behind and will have trouble settling down at school when he goes back.'

A Buckinghamshire County Council spokesman said: 'The school has been taken over by a company out of the area. The county council, school and that company will be arranging a meeting next week to review the situation.'